Wait list for Alberta’s Be Brave Ranch grows

WATCH ABOVE: The founder of Little Warriors says it's horrifying to tell a parent there's an eight-month wait list for their child to receive treatment after being sexually abused. The Be Brave ranch has been open since September 2014, but the organization says it could help a lot more kids if only the funding was in place. As Quinn Ohler reports, that may have come a step closer.

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The wait list for kids to get into the treatment facility for child victim’s of sexual abuse is currently at eight months and is growing by the day. Little Warriors said it has the capacity to take in more children, but it doesn’t have the funding necessary to hire the staff needed to treat the kids.

“I have parents calling and saying, ‘what do I have to do to get my kid in earlier?'” Meldrum said.

“These kids have lots of issues, they have lots of pain and they’ve got to wait for the treatment side.”

Children stay at the ranch for 28 days then return every three months for a total of 200 hours of treatment.

The Be Brave Ranch treats the children at a cost of $25,000 per child. All of its funding comes from private donors and Little Warriors has been advocating for government funding for years.

The founder would like to see funding come from the Proceeds of Crime fund. Meldrum would also like the opportunity to treat children who are in government care, where the province would pay for their stay at the ranch.